Spanning 20 years of experience advising clients in the textile industry (strategy development, due diligence, studies for public, private companies and NGOs), Laurent Aucouturier is a partner with Gherzi Textil Organisation AG in Zürich, Switzerland. Having carried out consulting assignments in 35 countries, he is responsible for managing large international projects involving multi-national teams and has played an active role in numerous sector studies to define long-term strategies and policies for textile-producing countries.